Date: 3800 BCE
Period: Neolithic
Phase: Ġgantija
Location: Xagħra, Gozo
Access: On church land. Can be viewed from the footpath through the field.
Site details
Santa Verna Temple has only a small amount of its facade and outer bench remaining. It's thought to have had five apses similar to Ġgantija which is about 1km to the east on the same plateau.
Finds
Snail figurines
Obsidian blades and arrowheads
Pottery sherds
Saddle quern
Flint tools
Orientation
Only temple - south east
Interesting facts
The FRAGSUS Project found snail figurines deposited in the walls of the temple.
The same archaeological dig also found a small polygonal wall under the foundations that didn't have a structural function and couldn't be seen above ground.
The temple people built on top of an Early Neolithic village.
Kommentare